Species that contain: Haplophryne and mollis [ 7 ] records

macracanthus, Edriolychnus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:104 [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Atlantic, Gulf of Panama, and New Caledonia. Syntypes: BMNH 1925.8.11.4 (1), ZMUC P92136 (1) 25°11'N, 20°57'W, ZMUC P92137 (1) 22°43'S, 166°05.8'E. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:99 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Bertelsen 1990:516 [ref. 15724], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Habitat: marine.

mollis, Aceratias Brauer [A.] 1902:297 [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 25 (no. 668); ref. 631] Central Indian Ocean, Valdivia station 175, depth 2200 meters. Holotype (unique): ZMB 17713. •Valid as Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1408 [ref. 13677], Paxton et al. 1989:296 [ref. 12442], Paulin et al. 1989:138 [ref. 24556], Bertelsen 1990:516 [ref. 15724], Swinney 1995:56 [ref. 22647], Arruda 1997:128 [ref. 24952], Stewart & Pietsch 1998:30 [ref. 23378], McEachran & Fechhelm 1998:860 [ref. 23897], Pietsch 1999:2037 [ref. 24766], Pietsch 2003:1070 [ref. 27014], Moore et al. 2003:217 [ref. 27076], Mundy 2005:276 [ref. 28379], Castellanos-Galindo et al. 2006:202 [ref. 28944], Paxton & Gates 2006:669 [ref. 29007], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766], Møller et al. 2010:47 [ref. 31169], Fricke et al. 2011:368 [ref. 31242], Stewart & Pietsch 2015:938 [ref. 34271], Pietsch 2016:2076 [ref. 34597], Banón et al. 2019:[2] 607 [ref. 38699], Carneiro et al. 2019:220 [ref. 37250], Kenchington et al. 2020:[11] [ref. 37729], Fermon et al. 2022:305 [ref. 39448] possible). Current status: Valid as Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Distribution: Circumglobal. Habitat: marine.

radians, Edriolychnus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:104, Fig. 164a; Pl. 9 (fig. 1) [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Atlantic, 23°26'S, 3°56'E, Dana station 3980, depth about 1500 meters (3000 meters wire out). Holotype (unique): ZMUC P92138. Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:99 [ref. 9588]. •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Bertelsen 1990:516 [ref. 15724], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Habitat: marine.

roulei, Edriolychnus Regan [C. T.] & Trewavas [E.] 1932:105, Fig. 64B [Dana Report No. 2; ref. 3682] Atlantic, between Madeira and Azores Islands, depth 0 to 3500 meters. Holotype (unique): MOM. Based on a female described by Roule & Angel 1930:122, Pl. 6 [ref. 6884]. •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Bertelsen 1990:516 [ref. 15724], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Habitat: marine.

schmidti, Edriolychnus Regan [C. T.] 1925:398, Figs. 8-9 [Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B - Biological Sciences v. 97 (no. B684); ref. 3678] Western Atlantic, 13°47'N, 61°26'W, depth about 2250 meters. Lectotype: ZMUC P92135 (female). Paralectotypes: ZMUC P92135 (parasitic male). Type catalog: Nielsen 1974:99 [ref. 9588]. The female designated the lectotype by Eschmeyer 1998:1518 [ref. 23416]; both the female and the parasitic male are considered types. •Valid as Edriolychnus schmidti Regan 1925 -- (Maul 1973:676 [ref. 7171], Pequeño 1989:44 [ref. 14125], McAllister 1990:230 [ref. 14674]). •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Bertelsen in Whitehead et al. 1986:1408 [ref. 13677], Bertelsen 1990:516 [ref. 15724], Mundy 2005:276 [ref. 28379], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Habitat: marine.

simus, Haplophryne Borodin [N. A.] 1930:285 [Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History v. 5; ref. 16068] North Atlantic, Atlantic station 319, 34°50'N, 64°20'W, depth 0 to 1500 meters. Holotype (unique): MCZ 32308. •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766], Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Habitat: marine.

triregium, Haplophryne Whitley [G. P.] & Phillipps [W. J.] 1939:236 [Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand v. 69 (no. 2); ref. 4737] Three Kings Islands, New Zealand, Terra Nova station 127, surface. Syntypes: BMNH 1916.3.20.184-185 (2). New name for Haplophryne mollis of Regan 1916, Terra Nova Zool. v. 1 (no. 4), p. 148, Pl. 10 (fig. 2). •Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902) -- (Pietsch 2009:482 [ref. 30766]). Current status: Synonym of Haplophryne mollis (Brauer 1902). Linophrynidae. Distribution: New Zealand. Habitat: marine.